Essays in Economic SociologyThe writings of Max Weber (1864-1920) contain one of the most fascinating and sophisticated attempts ever made to create an economic sociology. Economic sociologist and Weber scholar Richard Swedberg has selected the most important of Weber's enormous body of writings on the topic, making these available for the first time in a single volume. The central themes around which the anthology is organized are modern capitalism and its relationships to politics, to law, and to culture and religion; a special section is devoted to theoretical aspects of economic sociology. Swedberg provides a valuable introduction illuminating biographical and intellectual dimensions of Weber's work in economic sociology, as well as a glossary defining key concepts in Weber's work in the field and a bibliographical guide to this corpus. |
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... ECONOMIC SOCIOLOGY 197 SIXTEEN Sociological Categories of Economic Action 199 SEVENTEEN The Area of Economics , Economic Theory , and the Ideal Type 242 EIGHTEEN Marginal Utility Analysis and “ The Fundamental Law of Psychophysics " 249 ...
... action . By this latter term he meant actions by individuals which are invested with meaning and which are oriented to the behavior of others . In 1908 Weber accepted an offer to edit a handbook in economics , which the publisher hoped ...
... economic sociology in a more strict sense - is , however , absent at this point from Weber's thought ; and so is his notion that what is distinctive about sociology is the idea of social action , that is , action to which a meaning is ...
... economic actors.33 In the Outline Weber also uses many of the concepts that were later to become cen- tral to his economic sociology of 1919-1920 , such as " economic action " ( Wirtschaften ) , " power of control and disposal ...
... Economic History is also a very good complement to Weber's theoretical writings in eco- nomic sociology , such as " Sociological Categories of Economic Action , " since the reader gets to see how Weber applies his concepts to historical ...
Contents
Modern Capitalism Key Characteristics and Key Institutions | 43 |
The Spirit of Capitalism | 52 |
The Market | 75 |
The Beginnings of the Firm | 80 |
Class Status and Party | 83 |
CAPITALISM LAW AND POLITICS | 97 |
The Three Types of Legitimate Domination | 99 |
The Bureaucratization of Politics and the Economy | 109 |
The Evolution of the Capitalist Spirit | 157 |
The Protestant Sects and the Spirit of Capitalism | 168 |
Kinship and Capitalism in China | 179 |
The Caste System in India | 185 |
Charity in Ancient Palestine | 189 |
THEORETICAL ASPECTS OF ECONOMIC SOCIOLOGY | 197 |
Sociological Categories of Economic Action | 199 |
The Area of Economics Economic Theory and the Ideal Type | 242 |
The Rational State and Its Legal System | 116 |
The National State and Economic Policy Freiburg Address | 120 |
The Social Causes of the Decay of Ancient Civilization | 138 |
CAPITALISM CULTURE AND RELIGION | 155 |